ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF)'s Blurbs
About me: ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF)
June 16-21, 2008, Toronto, Canada
"The Filmmakers Film Festival", Toronto Sun
"Bucking the Trend of "Niche" Festivals", The Globe and Mail
A "Truly Open Festival", 24 Hours
About ReelHeART
In 2004, the ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF) was founded, by a film supporter and world traveler of Irish descent who speaks 3 languages.
Our founder had a vision that a new film festival could be formed to fill the void created by the growing trend of ’niche’ festivals. We are proud to call ourselves a ’truly open festival’, accepting films of all genres, countries and film lengths.
Knowing our founder speaks English, Spanish and French, was motivation to also promote English, Spanish and French as the "official languages" of ReelHeART. We will integrate these languages into our festival programming and promotional materials as often as possible. We hope to reach our goal of offering a fully tri-lingual web site in 2010.
To this end, films submitted in Spanish and French will not have to be subtitled specifically for our festival. This will also help bring cultural mix of dedicated sponsors, media and filmgoers to our event and establish long term relationships. We also believe this will add to the cultural and creative exchange throughout RHIFF from planning stages to launch of the 4th Annual ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF) June 16-21, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
ReelHeART is dedicated to supporting the need for exposure for ALL LEVELS of independent filmmakers around the world. We put emerging and student artists alongside established and master filmmakers in an effort that all filmmakers can be recognized for their art, rather than their credits.
We also have a goal to satisfy and challenge the interests of filmgoers and film supporters; to encourage, reward and celebrate the ’Real HeART’ of film and new media.
Whether filmgoer, filmmaker, reviewer, media or industry professional, the welcome and networking opportunities you experience at ReelHeART will be talked about from one year to the next!
In 2007 filmmakers from over 40 countries submitted their films to ReelHeART. In the USA, California and New York are the highest submitting states, followed by New England states and Western states. In 2007 Canadian submissions and award winners also increased.
ReelHeART International Film Festival in association with ACA Gallery started a monthly film series in October 2006, as the two artistic initiatives’ founders and directors share the belief that "Art Can Change The World", as is the motto of ACA Gallery.
The monthly selections are curated from past winners and audience favorites from the growing ReelHeART catalogue. The ReelHeART Monthly Film Series is a PWYC event, to benefit "kidsreadAfghanistan" the last Thursday of every month at 7PM.
ACA Gallery, 183 Queen Street East (at Jarvis), call ahead to reserve your spot, as space is limited - 416-703-2217
Regardless of genre, it’s the story we’re interested in. If your film has that balance of a terrific story, an interesting vision and solid production standards, then an audience should see your film.
Any Genre is accepted at ReelHeART: Drama, Comedy, Black Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Film Noir, Satire, Mocumentary, Animation, Experimental, Music Videos, and so on. And as everyone knows, we BIG on documentaries too! In the past few seasons, distribution buzz is first created from our roster of documentaries, and then word of mouth spreads regarding the quality of films in the rest of our categories-
We prefer your film to be a Premiere but, its not an absolute.
Never entered a film festival before? If you have a great film, a fun film, an outrageous film, a quirky film, an intense film; a film that will rip your heart out or a film that will make your ribs hurt with laughter, then ReelHeART is for you.
If you have never entered a competition before, ReelHeART should be your first film festival stop. The experience you gain here, the networking opportunities and the welcome you’ll receive are among our priorities and quite possibly one of the top film festival experiences you’ll ever have-
Stay tuned and keep visiting RHIFF@MYSPACE!
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SCREENINGS May 30th -- NEWFILMMAKERS (LOS ANGELES) June 19 – SOUTHSIDE FILM FESTIVAL (LEHIGH VALLEY, PA) June 26 – FEAR NOW FILM FESTIVAL (SALT LAKE CITY)
Thank you ReelHeART for honoring WHEN THEY COULD FLY with an award in the BEST ACTRESS category. We are very happy that the great performance of our wonderful lead Folake Olowofoyeku was recognized at your fantastic Film Festival!
We are so honored to tie for 1st place in the Documentary Short category. Thank you so much for having us at this year’s festival. We had a BLAST!!! Hope to see you again next year with our next Documentary Short! Sincerely, Mark and Christine Bonn In Times of War: Ray Parker www.intimesofwar.us
Hello ReelHeART International Film Festial,
All credit due to the RHIFF Team, for a brilliantly organised event !
Unfortunately, I can't get the backing to travel from The British Council and other Institutions, However, I'm still working on it, so may see you there !
All the Best,
John(JJ)Johnson, GBM.
We had such a great time at the 2005 ReelHeArt International Film Festival. Christine and I are so excited to be coming back with our new film! See you all in 17 days!!!
Mark and Christine Bonn
www.intimesofwar.us
Whats poppin' ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF)......The Wu-Tang Clan broke all the rules. Nine MCs shared the mic, all with equal aplomb. ....The RZA helmed the production, and through a pastiche of breaks, Stax samples, and kung-fu dialogue, created an indelible ghetto-noir soundscape as alien as it was alienating.....“Can It Be All So Simple,” with its disembodied soul diva and hiccupping bass is a moment of poignant reflection. ....Hype Williams did a great job in directing the amazing video for the song and bringing Ghost and Rae's words to life.........With all the copy that’s been devoted to Wu over the years, calling this video essential is an understatement, calling it classic is redundant, so if you If you haven't peeped this video in a while, or if you have never seen it make sure you check out Wu-Tang's Classic "Can It Be All So Simple" Video today:
ReelHeART Rcoks. Our film WHAT'S GOING ON? from INCA PICTURES screened last year! They are one of the BEST Festivals. They treat you like kings and queens and their dedication to all kinds of films is INSPIRING. Cheers to you my Friends, miss you all.
Cheyenne and Marco
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WWW.INCAPICTURES.COM
I've been back in the edit suite and I've produced a leaner, meaner cut of Breakdown for MySpace's MyMovie MashUp. Check out this little black comedy of mine that was shot back in 2005 on next to no money and in the freezing cold.
Jump across to Icarus Films MySpace to watch all our films, learn what projects are in development or read my News & Reviews column.
Hiya ReelHeART International Film Festival (RHIFF)
Thought I'd give you a quick shout let you know I've had the spys out and I've updated my news/gossip column with some UK flicks about to start rolling cameras. Check it out and let us know what you think. Or if you've got any of your own news or reviews let us know about it.
Looking forward to spending time with you all at ReelHeART 2007.
"Masizakhe: Let Us Build Together" is a film that uses intergenerational spoken word, poetry, music, and hip hop, to narrate the mood of South Africans 11 years after freedom. The work showcased is interwoven with people talking about South Africa’s history and issues that South Africans are faced with today as these artist work to build each other.
Hi ReelHeART, I'm so exited my documentary has been selected for this year edition! I'm very impressed by all the work you are doing to give us such a great fest. Hope I can make it there!
Hello ReelHeART International Film Festival,
Thanks for including my Film, 'Can It Be? Unconditional' in your 2007 programme.
Hope to see you there.
All the best,
John(JJ)Johnson, GBM.
www.drumpunk.co.uk
www.myspace drumpunk-GBM
Just a note to keep in touch. Hope everything's going well.
PIANISSIMO is being transferred to Digi at the moment to deliver at the end of the week. We've got C&C screenings in Bristol in April and Cornwall in May.
We are new to MySpace and you are one of our first batch of friends. We are an independent Canadian film production company based out of Toronto.
We are always looking to connect with like minded artists, production companies, (for international co-productions) distributers and interesting people-- especially those who have a similar creative vision.
Please everyone add us as friends and we will keep you posted of productions, screenings, awards and news.
there is now a trailer up for the feature film Mass Romantic... filled with everything you could ever want in an indie activist romantic comedy trailer.
